2 – Delta College won a national award for its efforts to tackle climate change.

A nonprofit called Second Nature, in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, awarded Higher Education Climate Leadership Awards for 2018 to Delta College and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Second Nature works with almost 600 university and colleges to lead the higher education sector in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and striving to meet the necessary goals laid out by climate scientists to avert the worst impacts of climate change.

The organization points to work by Delta on an Energy Optimization Incentive Program to maximize conservation and savings, a community partnership known as “Common Good” to host climate-adaptation and resilience learning sessions; and a sustainability study abroad program through international partnerships with programs in Ireland, Costa Rica and France.

Award winners will be recognized as part of the 2019 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit in Tempe, Arizona, Feb. 10-12.